1919
of the front and units being formed on the territory of the Volga
and Urals military districts, demands and orders directly
presented by the war departments to the Revolutionary Military Council of the Eastern
Front, or to those institutions which it shall designate.
You must immediately report to the Central Department of Military Procurement
all orders received.
Chairman of the Council of Defense
Lenin
Printed from the original
corrected and signed
by V. I. Lenin.
14648
DECREE OF THE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE
April 16, 1919
Grant all Red Army soldiers on the first and second days of
Easter supplementary rations and sugar in one-and-a-half times the standard amount.
Chairman of the Council of
Workers' and Peasants' Defense
V. Ulyanov (Lenin)
Printed from the original
signed by V. I. Lenin.
24419
ANNOTATION ON TELEGRAM FROM GRYAZI STATION*
April 19, 1919
Do not know which cabbage. By telephone to Markov**.

* The telegram addressed to Lenin reported: "Regarding which cabbage you
sent the dispatch—the cabbage is loaded, standing at Gryazi station for five days.
Cannot get orders for shipment. Conductor Yegorov."
** S. D. Markov—deputy Commissar of Transportation.
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4055
TELEGRAM FROM CHAIRMAN OF COUNCIL OF PEOPLE'S COMMISSARS OF UKRAINE,
COMMISSAR OF MILITARY AFFAIRS PODVOYSKY, COMMANDER
OF THE FRONT
Kiev
April 20, 1919
For successful
continuous offensive against Kolchak
transportation means are necessary. We are gathering all that we can. In Ukraine there is
a large quantity of automotive equipment. We request you to send immediately 100—75 trucks. Kolchak has
almost triple superiority in artillery. According to operational reports
the Ukrainian army has captured enormous quantities of artillery. We request
you to form urgently several batteries for the Eastern
Front.
Lenin
Printed from the handwritten
copy.
24420
NOTE TO THE REVOLUTIONARY MILITARY COUNCIL OF THE REPUBLIC
April 20, 1919
Issue a reprimand for idle chatter to the author of the telegram*.

* The note was written on an extensive telegram from the military commissar of the
administration of military communications of the Eighth Army concerning the causes of delay of military
echelons on the Liski—Yevstratovka section.